Updated: Fallout for Vonage

Vonage said that it had filed a motion with a federal appeals court asking it to vacate a March 8 patent infringement verdict that went against the company and in favor of Verizon Communications and to send the case back to a lower court for a new trial.

The Supreme Court ruling on Monday loosened a crucial legal standard making it easier to invalidate some patents on the ground that they were obvious inventions.